Garment hanger



Sept. 8, 1936. A. G. RATERMANN GARMENT HANGER Filed May 17, 1935Patented Sept. 8, 1936 l f UNITED vsfrA'riss Y y l 2,053,633

PATENT OFFICE l GARMENT HANGER Aloysius G. Ratermann, St. Louis, pMo.Application May 17, 1935, Serial No. 21,990

,'z claims. (c1. 22a-ss) This invention relates to garment hangers,particularly hangers for coats and trousers. The invention has for itsprincipal object to provide a hanger that will properly support thetrousers in an upright position. Other objects are to provide forsimplicity and cheapness of construction and to permit the trousers tobe quickly andV easily mounted on-Y and dismounted from the hanger.v Theinvention consists in the garment hanger and in the construction,combinations and arrangements of parts hereinafter described andclaimed.

.In the accompanyingdrawing, which forms part of this specication andwherein like symbols refer to like parts wherever they occur,

Fig. lis a side elevation of a garment hanger embodying my invention,showing in dottedV lines a pair of trouserssuspended therefrom,

Fig. 2 is an enlarged .fragmentary View of the end of the hanger havingthe pivo'ted trousers supporting member,

Fig. 3 is a vertical cross-section on the line 3-3 in Fig. ,1,

Fig. 4 is a cross-section on the line 4--4 in Fig. 1,` v

Fig. 5 is a horizontal section on the line 5-5 in Fig. 1; and

Fig. 6-i's a view similar to Fig. 1 illustrating a modified form ofgarment hanger.

In the accompanying drawing, my invention is shown embodied in acombination coat and trousers hanger, comprising a single piece of wirethat is bent into a triangular frame or main body portion including abottom bar I and upwardly converging coat supporting top bars 2 and 2atwisted together at their upper ends with one of such ends extendingabove the frame and formed into a hook 3. According to the presentinvention, the trousers 4 are suspended from the above hanger by meansof supporting members 5 and 6 located at the respective lower corners ofsaid hanger.

The trousers supporting member 5 preferably comprises a piece of wirebent into substantially inverted V-shaped form with its closed upper endsupported in an opening provided therefor in a clip 'I that is welded orotherwise fixed to the sloping top bar 2 of the hanger. The two branchesof the inverted V-shaped member 5 extend downwardly on opposite sides ofthe bottom bar I through openings provided therefor in a cross-member 8rigidly secured to said bottom bar and are bent toward the adjacent endof the hanger to form hooks 9.

The trousers supporting member 6 is also made of wire bent intosubstantially inverted V-shaped form with its closed end pivotallysupported in an opening provided therefor in a member IU fixed to theinclined top bar 2a of the hanger. TheV branches of this supportingmember extend downwardly on opposite sides of the bottom bar I throughelongated openings IIa provided therefor in a member I I slidablymounted on said bottom bar. The lower end portions of said branches arebent towards the adjacent end of the hanger frame to form hooks I2 belowthe bottom bar I. Sleeved on the bottom bar with one end fixed to thepivoted trousers supporting member 6 and the other end xed to a memberI3 xed to said bottom bar near the adjacent corner of the hanger. is atension spring Mthat tends to swing the pivoted trousers supportingmember away from the xed trouserssupporting member 5.

In the use of thev above described. garmentY hangerthe trousers 4 arefolded to preserve the creases in the front and rear of the legs and tobring, two belt straps I 5 opposite each other near the front of thektrousers and two belt straps II opposite each other near the rear ofsaid trousers. The hooked lower ends I2 of the vpivotedsupporting-member 6 vat one corner of the hanger areA engaged withthe'two front belt straps I5; andthetwo hooked lower ends -9 of thesta-- tionarysupporting! member!) and the other corner of said hangerare hooked in the two rear belt straps I6, thereby suspending thetrousers from the hanger in an upright position. As shown in thedrawing, the supporting member 6 for the front of the trousers is madelonger than the rear supporting member so as to allow for the dip in thewaist line of the trousers and thus make them hang perfectly straight;and the pull of the tension spring I3 on the pivoted supporting member 6tends to draw the trousers taut at the waist line despite slightdifferences in waist measurements.V

In the modied hanger construction shown in Fig. 6, the hooked trouserssupporting members l1 are pivoted to the top bars of the hanger close tothe corners thereof and extend downwardly through members I8 slidable onthe bottom bar of the hanger. In this construction, a helicalco-mpression spring I9 is sleeved on the bottom bar I between the twopivoted supporting members I'I, with its middle portion fixed to saidbottom bar and with its ends bearing against the slide members I8 so asto yieldably hold them against stops 20 provided therefor on saidboteach other by the spring I9 therebetween and thus tend to draw thewaist band of the trousers taut. This construction locates thesupporting members close to the ends of the hanger and is thus adaptedto accommodate trousers having relatively large 4waist measurements.

The invention is not restricted to the type of wire garment hangershown; and it may be embodied in a skirt hanger as well as in a trousershanger. g

What I claim ls:

1. A garment hanger comprising a main supporting frame including abottom rod and members depending from said rod adjacent to the endsthereof and terminating at their lower ends in oppositely disposedoutwardly directed garment supporting hooks, means for pivotallysecuring one of said members for swinging movement on said frame towardsand away from the other of said members, and a spring mounted on saidframe and cooperating with said pivoted member :for swinging it awayfrom said other member.

2. A garment hanger comprising a main supporting frame including abottom rod and members depending from said rod adjacent to the endsthereof and terminating at their lower ends in Oppositely disposedoutwardly directed garment supporting hooks, means for pivotallysecuring one of said members for swinging movement on said frame towardsand away from the other of said members, and a tension spring mounted onsaid rod and cooperating with said pivoted member for swinging it awayfrom said other member.

3. A garment hanger comprising a main supporting frame` including abottom rod and members depending from said rod adjacent to the endsthereof and terminating at their lower ends in oppositely disposedoutwardly directed garment Supporting hooks, means for pivotally se- Ycuring one of said members for swinging moveends in oppositely disposedoutwardly directed hooks, said members being pivotally supported on saidframe for swinging movement longitudinally of the bottom rod thereof,said rod having stops thereon for limiting the outward swinging movementof said members, and a helical compression spring mounted on said rodfor yieldably holding said members against said stops.

5. A garment hanger comprising a wire frame bent to form a bottom rodand two upwardly converging top rods, a member fixed to one of said toprods and to said bottom rod and terminating ,therebelow in an outwardlydirected hook, a member pivoted to the other top rod and terminatingbelow said bottom rod in an outwardly directed hook, and a springmounted on said bottom rod for swinging said pivoted member away fromsaid xed member.

6. A garment hanger comprising a wire frame bent to form a bottom rodand two upwardly converging top rods, a member xed to one of said toprods and to said bottom rod and terminating therebelow in a. pair ofoutwardly directed hooks, a member slidable on said bottom rod, a memberpivoted to the other top rod and extending downwardly through saidslidable member and termihating 'therebelow ina pair of outwardlydirected hooks, `and arhelical spring sleeved on said bottom rod ,andcooperating with said slidable member for swinging said pivoted memberaway from said fixed member.

'7. A garment hanger comprising a wire frame bent to form a bottom rodand two upwardly converging top rods, a member fixed to one of said toprods and to said bottom rod and terminating therebelow in a pair ofoutwardly directed hooks, a member slidable on said bottom rod, a memberpivoted to the other-top rod and extending downwardly through openingsprovided therefor in said slidable member and terminating therebelow ina pair of outwardly directed hooks, and a helical spring sleeved on saidbar and cooperating with said slidable member for swinging said pivotedmember away from said xed member, the hooks at the lower end of saidpivoted member extending below the hooks at the lower end of saidxedmember.

Y ALOYSIUS G. RATERMANN

